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How do you get your news – and how do you think your news gets to you? The pathway of information flow involves layers of decisions that in many wa...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 35:48
Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? Nura Maznavi’s book “Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women”
- Added: Mar 03, 2015
- Length: 22:46
Many U.S. workers are being badly mistreated -- cheated -- by employers.
- Added: Apr 09, 2010
- Length: 04:02
Earthworm dumpster dives and subsists off of what so many of us unknowingly waste.
Bought by KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WDBM, Vocalo.org, KUT and more
- Added: Nov 18, 2009
- Length: 11:16
- Purchases: 8
Organized labor has reached a landmark agreement promising unfettered union rights to the 600,000 employees of Catholic health care facilities acro...
- Added: Jun 26, 2009
- Length: 04:21
There's good news for unions in their attempts to attract the young members they must have if they are to grow.
- Added: Nov 14, 2008
- Length: 02:42
Organized labor played a major role in Barack Obama's election and expects much in return.
- Added: Nov 06, 2008
- Length: 03:40
The Ins and Outs of Getting Away Without Going Anywhere
- Added: Aug 28, 2008
- Length: 05:31
- Purchases: 2
The mainstream media invariably claim it's someone else's fault when their pre-election predictions prove to be wrong. But don't you believe it.
- Added: Jan 10, 2008
- Length: 02:24
A provocative essay contemplating rebuilding after the Calif. wildfires
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Jan 02, 2008
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
This discusses the attempts of Burger King to undo agreements by its major fast-food competitors to improve the shameful conditions of tomato pickers.
- Added: Dec 06, 2007
- Length: 03:52
Despite the great importance of teachers, they are by far the most poorly paid of all professionals.
- Added: Apr 11, 2007
- Length: 03:36
The low-down on the latest release by one of the brightest luminaries in modern jazz: 'Artist in Residence' by Jason Moran.
- Added: Sep 27, 2006
- Length: 02:56
This is a commentary about the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's firing of 11,500 air gtraffic controllers, an action that propelled A...
- Added: Aug 10, 2006
- Length: 02:28
Although well in the minority, unionized workers do much better financially and otherwise than their non-union counterparts
- Added: Mar 15, 2006
- Length: 02:25
- Added: Mar 10, 2006
- Length: 05:05
Thanks to two California doctors, we may finally be able to abolish the barbaric practice of capital punishment.
- Added: Feb 25, 2006
- Length: 02:49
President Bush's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are going all out to deny wolrkers their legal rights.
- Added: Feb 01, 2006
- Length: 03:07
Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...
Bought by KPIK-LP, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WKNO
- Added: Jan 04, 2006
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
Celebrations are being held this year to mark the anniversary of the grape strike led by Cesar Chavez that won worldwide support for California's l...
- Added: Oct 22, 2005
- Length: 03:42
Commentary on poverty issues
- Added: Sep 30, 2005
- Length: 02:21
- Purchases: 3
Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Aug 17, 2005
- Length: 02:21
- Purchases: 4
A commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most influential and colorful organizations in U.S. history.
Bought by BSR Radio
- Added: Jun 30, 2005
- Length: 09:36
- Purchases: 1
Commentary from conservative columnist, calling for end to CPB subsidy
- Added: Jun 30, 2005
- Length: 03:45
Like a lot of people, columnist Cheryl-Anne Millsap misses having a little fun between the covers...of a good book.
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2005
- Length: 03:12
- Purchases: 1